#302: Becoming Self Aware and Understanding Your Stakeholder Ecosystem with Dr. Stacy Feiner

EP. #2 [THEME ONE]

On today’s show with Dr. Stacy Feiner, she returns for her second time to go in-depth on why self-awareness affects your ability to enjoy work, create wealth, and make an impact and ultimately affect the long-term value of your business. Dr. Feiner is an innovative psychologist who helps elite performers identify and overcome mental barriers to achieve more, all with intention. Having worked with hundreds of business owners by now, she understands how emotionally-charged situations can derail even the best-intentioned leaders.

Dr. Feiner discusses the three things EVERY business owner wants and what happens when those three things don’t align. She then covers the five mental barriers every business owner experiences plus the cause and effect of those barriers. Finally, she shares what emotional maturity is in business and how to develop a high-performing ecosystem around that. Sometimes problems with an entrepreneur's vision aren’t an external problem–they’re from within. Learn some high-performing self-development concepts from this elite coach by listening to this amazing episode.

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What You Will Learn

How the health of the business owner affects the health of the entire ecosystem.
The difference between self-awareness and emotional awareness.
The five mental blockers every business owner experiences.
The difference between coaching and therapy.
The common problems business owners experience when their actions and goals aren’t aligned with their values.
How the three things all business owners want are impacted by one’s self-awareness.
Why it’s so hard for business owners to get help and support from someone they trust.
What defines a professional ecosystem and how to handle the different emotions from the major contributors.
Why developing emotional maturity is so important for business owners.
What the experience looks like when a high performer works with a coach.

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Bio:

Dr. Stacy Feiner is a nationally recognized innovative psychologist known for leveling up the output of elite performers and the complex systems they lead. Using the lens of psychology, Dr. Feiner taps the invisible dynamics that make people and groups click. In your ear and at your side, Dr. Feiner coaches you to achieve the results you want in all areas of your life.

Interview Quotes:

07:34 - “What business owners want is, they want health, happiness, choices, and wealth. You know. Having choice is really an outgrowth of having wealth, health, and happiness.” - Dr. Stacy Feiner

08:27 - “Happiness and satisfaction and feeling good about yourself and feeling like you’ve accomplished what you set out to accomplish. Those are very fundamental human experiences for healthy development.” - Dr. Stacy Feiner

10:21 - “It’s important to think about psychological or emotional health on a continuum.” - Dr. Stacy Feiner

11:30 - “[Therapy] is about bringing you back to your baseline and [coaching] is about the climb.” - Dr. Stacy Feiner

20:48 - “It’s hard for a business owner to get the help that they need because they don’t know who to share their information with.” - Dr. Stacy Feiner

23:15 - “Business owners are distracted and when you’re distracted, you can’t perform at your best.” - Dr. Stacy Feiner

24:49 - “You might get buy-in but buy-in isn’t momentum.” - Dr. Stacy Feiner

27:40 - “I didn’t really understand the term ‘present’ until the beginning of the pandemic. When I got anxious, I believe that anxiousness was not a good use for my mental space. There is a quote, ‘Worry is a good waste of an imagination.’ I needed to practice imagination, not worry. How do you do that when the world is worrisome?” - Dr. Stacy Feiner

29:05 - “Being present magnifies gratitude.” - Dr. Stacy Feiner

33:35 - “Growth is based on necessary tension.” - Dr. Stacy Feiner